Irene Adler

What do you know about this woman? If your answer's nothing
whatsoever, then you should be paying more attention.

Professionally known as 'The Woman', Irene Adler provides, shall
we say, recreational scolding for those who enjoy that sort of
thing and are prepared to pay for it. There are many names for what
she does, but she prefers 'Dominatrix'.

At her disposal, she possesses a large array of costumes and
accessories, none more effective than what she describes as her
'Battledress'. The big problem with a disguise though, is no matter
how hard you try, it's always a self-portrait. This is certainly
true of her; the code to Irene's safe is her measurements and the
password to her camera phone… well, that's far more intimate.

Be warned though, Ms. Adler plays around; she misbehaves. She
likes detective stories… and detectives. For her, brainy's the new
sexy.

Having been at the centre of two political scandals in the last
year and recently ended the marriage of a prominent novelist by
having an affair with both participants separately. Currently she
has in her possession, an imaginative range of compromising
photographs featuring a young female person of significance to the
British Monarchy.

Moriarty has promised her that if she has what she says she has,
he'd make her rich (which was certainly more preferable to the
finding and skinning option.) He didn't even ask for anything, just
likes to cause trouble; now that's her kind of man!

As Ms. Adler remarks in her website masthead, know when you are
beaten. So if you've been wicked, you can follow her on Twitter;
her username is @TheWhipHand